Improvement in shawl-straps



N. R. STREETER.

Shawl-Strap.

No. 208,126. Patented Sept. 17.1878.

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NELSON B. STREETER, O F GROTON, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT m SHAWL-STRAPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208.126, datedSeptember 17, 1878; application filed August 24, 1878.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, NELsoN R. STREEIER,

of Groton, in the county of Tompkins and- State of New York, haveinvented certainnew and useful Improvements in Shawl-Straps; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in shawl and book straps; and itconsists in an iron frame having a hook at each end to fasten the strapsto, and above the hooks automatically-acting clamps to hold the oppositeends of the straps after they have passed around the bundle, as will bemore fully described hereinafter.

The accompanying drawings represent my invention.

a represents an iron bar or frame of any desired length or shape, fromthe top of which, near each end, rises the standard or support 0, castin a single piece with the bar, and between which standards or supportsis fastened the wooden handle d,- also, cast with the bar a, and formingpart thereof, is the small rectangular frame e, the upper horizontalportion of which is joined to the supports or standards 0. Passedhorizontally through this frame 6 and the standard 0 is a rivet or rod,which forms the pivot upon which the automatically-acting clamp g isheld. The outer end of this clamp g projects considerably fartheroutward beyond its side of the pivot than the inner one does, for thepurpose of forming a lever to force the other end tightly up against theunder side of the strap where it passes through the top of the frame e.On the opposite side of the frame e from which the straps pass throughthere are formed the perforated extensions 1', up through which the endsof the straps are passed, after having been fastened on top of each endof the bar a, just under the clamp, to a hook, 0, which hooks are castwith the bar a.

The straps, having been fastened to the hooks 0, are passed up throughthe extensions 2', and the bar to having been applied to the shawl,books, or bundle, the straps are passed around the bundle, and the freeends are passed through between the inside of the top of the frame 0 andthe tops of the clamps.

As the pressure of the bundle outward upon the strap causes it to pulldownward upon the outer end of the clamp, the inner and shorter end istherebylnade to clamp and hold the strap up against the top of the frame0 so tightly that it cannot possibly slip, and the greater the expansionthe more tightly and securely the strap is held.

In order to loosen the straps, it is only necessary to press up againsttheir under sides close to the clamps with the finger to raise the outerends of the clamps upward, whereby the pressure of the inner ends isloosened on the straps, when the expansion of the bundle will cause thestraps to draw partially out; or, if the handle be turned downward, thestraps may be drawn over the ends of the bundle without loosening theends at all.

This invention is especially intended for use by persons who have but asingle hand, or those who, having a bundle or some object in the otherhand,would find it inconvenient to use both hands.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- In a shawl-strap, the bara, standards 0,

hooks 0, and frame 6, in combination with the clamps g, substantially asshown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this21st day of August, 1878.

NELSON R. STREETEH.

XVitnesses:

DANA RHonEs, CHARLES O. RHODES.

